Benedikt (Miocene of Slovenia)
Where: Slovenia (46.6° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 15.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)
• Sarmatian
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl
• sandy marl bed
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. Pavsic and V. Mikuz. 1996. The baleen whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvierii) from Miocene beds near Benedikt in Slovenske Gorice, Slovenia. Razprave 37(4):85-97 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55454: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Thalassotherii indet. Bisconti et al. 2013 whale Pavsic * Mikuz entered this species as Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri, but since PBDB doesn't track subspecies, it is entered here as Balaenoptera cuvierii so it is tracked properly by the systematics module
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| Helicosphaera carteri | |
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Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877 | |
| Coccolithophyceae | |
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Pontosphaera multipora Roth 1970
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
Braarudosphaera sp. Deflandre 1947
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963 | |
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Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954
Sphenolithus heteromorphus Deflandre 1953
Cyclicargolithus floridanus Roth and Hay 1967 | |
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Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Deflandre 1954 | |
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Lanternithus minutus Stradner 1962 | |
| Toweius eminens | |
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Toweius eminens Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 | |
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Calcidiscus leptoporus Murray and Blackman 1898 | |